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TIL that Phil Collins originally wrote “You’ll Be In My Heart” as a lullaby for his daughter, Lily Collins.

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8ePQG TIL $100 bills made up 80% of all US currency
lAKa TIL that in 1925, a recently independent Ireland spent the one fifth of it’s annual budget on a Hydro-Electric Plant in efforts to modernize the country. At it’s peak it provided 96% of Ireland’s electricity - today it provides 2%.
kJV6E TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent drifting apart. This behavior is called "rafting" and helps keep them safe in the ocean currents.
69XBX TIL this is P52, a fragment of the Gospel of John written in Greek. The exact date is debated, but the consensus is that it was written around the year AD 125, implying that the Gospels were written down earlier during the first century, when the Apostles still preached (Translation down below)
J18jQ TIL about the Norway ''Oil Fund'', which was established in 1990 to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian petroleum sector. It currently has over $1,477 billion in assets.